Sisters in Blue

c. 1840

Sturtevant J. Hamblin

Associated Names
Sturtevant J. Hamblin

Painter, American, active 1837/1856

The image shows two young children standing together. The child on the left has fuller cheeks and tightly curled brown hair, while the child on the right has longer, less curly hair. Both are dressed in blue dresses with white lace-trimmed sleeves and white pantaloons with lace. They wear blue shoes. The child on the left is holding red cherries, some of which are on the ground, and the child on the right holds a red book with a partially visible white page. The background is a simple, dark tone.

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Recorded as from New York. (Charles D. Childs, Boston). (Old Print Shop, New York), by whom sold in 1950 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1978.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1954

  • American Primitive Painting, traveling exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Inst. for the U.S. Information Service, Washington, 1954-1955, no. 54. First venue: Kunstmuseum, Lucerne, Switzerland.

Bibliography

1980

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 297, repro.

1992

  • Chotner, Deborah, with contributions by Julie Aronson, Sarah D. Cash, and Laurie Weitzenkorn. American Naive Paintings. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1992: 166-167, repro. 168.

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 191, repro.

Inscriptions

on page of book: MAN

Wikidata ID

Q20186853

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